Carbon nanotubes are becoming increasingly popular in modern electronics — they are more electrically conductive than copper, lighter than plastic, stronger than steel, harder than a diamond and thinner than a human hair. But as production of carbon nanotubes ramps up — currently up to hundreds of tons produced every year — increasing amounts of these tiny structures find themselves in our environment, and nobody really knows what their effects are. Now a new study by Swiss researchers shows that they have measurably harmful effects on good algae found in waterways. These nanotubes reduce the production of algae by causing the organisms to clump together, depriving themselves of light and space.

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